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. >> priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> that's strong stuff, bob. >> yeah, it's really powerful for the same reason the '94 ads were powerful. real people talking to real people. reagan democrats, blue collar democrats talking to voters in swing states. he had to know this was coming. it's amazing they seam pa-- i don't quote him very often, but what rick perry called vulture capital. >> and then get back on the aircraft you get in on. let me get back to this, joan, great politicians like ted kennedy and reagan in an interesting television way were able to connect with the guy working on the line. they heard the voice of the politician and said yeah, he was with me. he talks to me. this guy, romney, is at a particular disadvantage here. when you whack him as a job killer, he looks like one. he looks like the white collar guy in the office overlooking the destruction of the plant. he looks like an efficiency expert that comes in. he isn't like the business agent at the labor union. not like he connects with workers, does he? >> no, and he has n
. >> priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> that's strong stuff, bob. >> yeah, it's really powerful for the same reason the '94 ads were powerful. real people talking to real people. reagan democrats, blue collar democrats talking to voters in swing states. he had to know this was coming. it's amazing they seam pa-- i don't quote him very often, but what rick perry called vulture capital. >> and then get back on the aircraft you get...
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missing in action that have not been accounted for and we're very concerned about finding out. whether what happened when we talk a thousand tens of thousands of american soldiers still missing from world war two this definitely isn't europe it should be most mostly the pacific because in europe i think i think i think most of the most of the people killed in you have been recovering bodies at trial i don't know the statistics exact statistics but i would i would say that you're probably correct on that we have recently just found some world war two remains in the pacific theater there's approx seventy odd thousand still unaccounted for and i would like to add to that it was the vietnam veterans who started the movement for the recovery of p.o.w.'s my way which of course we went back and also it advocated for recovery of the world war two as well so it was my generation and the war that i was involved in that actually was responsible for starting this movement you started this interview by mentioning by thanking the russians by pulling for appointing this lady you quoted in tha
missing in action that have not been accounted for and we're very concerned about finding out. whether what happened when we talk a thousand tens of thousands of american soldiers still missing from world war two this definitely isn't europe it should be most mostly the pacific because in europe i think i think i think most of the most of the people killed in you have been recovering bodies at trial i don't know the statistics exact statistics but i would i would say that you're probably...
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political action elements are the core of it. mao would agree with this as well. you have to win the idea war. you've got to motivate the people politically. you do this through indoctrination, terrorism if it takes that. you also have the conventional and unconventional military means you're going to use. very broad based approach. the north also comes to the point where they believe it's very early that you have to mobilize the entire population to do it. everyone is a soldier and is involved in the struggle to conquer south vietnam. now to prosecute this revolutionary warfare the north, they have a multi-pronged approach. political as well as military el. . on the political side they have several different things that in their mind fall under political struggle. one of these is deception and deception and political action. they link these thins together. deception is a big part of how the north vietnamese are going to mask what they're doing in south vietnam. they do a very good job of this. we fall for it. in december of 1960 they set up the national liberatio
political action elements are the core of it. mao would agree with this as well. you have to win the idea war. you've got to motivate the people politically. you do this through indoctrination, terrorism if it takes that. you also have the conventional and unconventional military means you're going to use. very broad based approach. the north also comes to the point where they believe it's very early that you have to mobilize the entire population to do it. everyone is a soldier and is involved...
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they lied about their actions wonderfully well. they did everything they could do to discredit the u.s. actions. they were aided by western prayer, antiamericanism in the united states and abroad. they proved very, very successful here. all of this that they're doing is made easier by the fact that most foreigners don't know anything about vietnam or southeast asia. you have this really odd moral relativism that emerges about a narrative about the war particularly on the western dialogue on the war. everything that america does becomes portrayed as something illegal, immoral, you can't do it. it's criticized. but the constant and constant atrocities of the communists are ignored, forgotten about. it didn't really happen, we won't talk about it. very odd situation that emerges. on the military side of it, when the americans come into the war they have some problems with how to deal with the americans. one of the problems they have is u.s. air power. how do you deal with air defense? have everybody shoot at the planes as much as they
they lied about their actions wonderfully well. they did everything they could do to discredit the u.s. actions. they were aided by western prayer, antiamericanism in the united states and abroad. they proved very, very successful here. all of this that they're doing is made easier by the fact that most foreigners don't know anything about vietnam or southeast asia. you have this really odd moral relativism that emerges about a narrative about the war particularly on the western dialogue on the...
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for the next few months, there was less action than preparation for action. the marines had come to stay, to take control of con thien from the south vietnamese. the plan was to establish a post on the hill stop that could be more easily defended. that meant more bunkers and well protected gun emplacements. the expectation was for another ground assault. enemy artillery was fairly inactive until july when it got busier. the americans retaliated with air strikes. for the rest of july and august, the marines at con thien used their own guns to good effect. the ammunition, an endless supply, came in daily. and it was used up daily. this was the end of a supply lifeline that arrived at con thien six miles to the south. there were tents near by to house a complement that included about 1,000 men. no matter how you look at it, those were better days. there was more time for things like the casual cleaning of weapons. but nothing at con thien has been casual since september came. the first 25 days of this month, con thien had to fight back against ground assaults an
for the next few months, there was less action than preparation for action. the marines had come to stay, to take control of con thien from the south vietnamese. the plan was to establish a post on the hill stop that could be more easily defended. that meant more bunkers and well protected gun emplacements. the expectation was for another ground assault. enemy artillery was fairly inactive until july when it got busier. the americans retaliated with air strikes. for the rest of july and august,...
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for his actions mr. meyer became the first living marine to win a medal of honor since the vietnam war. this is about 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> i would like to welcome everybody. this is my more official welcome. we are honored to have you here today. i am chairman of the in the league club author's group. and to have all of you here today. we have a couple tables from our american legion post here. so everybody knows who you are. and the american legion post. .. >> so whether it was books or dvds or cds or even ipods, batteries, some of the things that they'd let us know that they needed, and we collected a few boxes and sent them to the troops. each year it's gotten bigger and bigger and bigger, and i think last year we sent over 300 boxes to the troops, and we collected a lot of money which, of course, if you come to the event and you haven't brought a set of batteries, you don't need to feel bad because we have, like, $25 bags, $50 bags, $100 bags, $40,000 bags if you want to bring tha
for his actions mr. meyer became the first living marine to win a medal of honor since the vietnam war. this is about 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> i would like to welcome everybody. this is my more official welcome. we are honored to have you here today. i am chairman of the in the league club author's group. and to have all of you here today. we have a couple tables from our american legion post here. so everybody knows who you are. and the american legion post. .. >>...
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actions in the war. and they were often aided in this by sympathetic elements in the western press, anti-americanism both in the united states and abroad, and they proved very, very successful here. and all of this that they're doing is made easier by the fact that most foreigners don't know anything about vietnam. and they don't know anything about southeast asia. and also you have this strange -- this really odd moral relativism that emerges of a narrative about the war, particularly on the western dialogue about the war. everything that america does becomes portrayed as something that's illegal, immoral. you can't do it. it's criticized. but the constant and just constant atrocities of the communists are just ignored. forgotten about. that didn't really happen. we won't talk about that. it's a very odd situation that emerges. now, but on the military side of it, again, when the americans come into the war, they have some problems about how to deal with the americans. one of the problems they have is u
actions in the war. and they were often aided in this by sympathetic elements in the western press, anti-americanism both in the united states and abroad, and they proved very, very successful here. and all of this that they're doing is made easier by the fact that most foreigners don't know anything about vietnam. and they don't know anything about southeast asia. and also you have this strange -- this really odd moral relativism that emerges of a narrative about the war, particularly on the...
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and with the south, the communists decided that, well, they really had to intensify military action. that was going to be the primary route for doing this. and they began concentrating in the central highlands of south vietnam building base areas, building this as a base area for also fighting the war in the south. now, this action, certainly what they're doing, it provokes a response from the kennedy administration. and the kennedy administration replies with some fairly -- in some respects, a fairly successful methods. again, there's in argument about this. they reply primarily with a strategic program. this was an effort basically to consolidate populations in rural areas of vietnam. and in some areas it's successful, in some it isn't. it's not managed as well as it could. this is something that for our purposes this frightens the north vietnamese. they see in this areas it's successful from separating them from the guerrillas, and they dislike this a lot. the other counterinsurgency things that the kennedy administration and other administrations are doing, these are things that
and with the south, the communists decided that, well, they really had to intensify military action. that was going to be the primary route for doing this. and they began concentrating in the central highlands of south vietnam building base areas, building this as a base area for also fighting the war in the south. now, this action, certainly what they're doing, it provokes a response from the kennedy administration. and the kennedy administration replies with some fairly -- in some respects, a...
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i'll ask a couple of questions and bring out some of the things in their actions in just a minute. his unit was ambushed. he was a young first lieutenant with a lot of young marines and his commanding officer and radio man was killed and he had to take charge. that characteristic is present with all of those who have received the medal of honor in terms of being able to take charge of a situation that we find incredibly hard to relate to and do something to make a difference. and to do something more in the case of saving lives than taking lives. i'm going to ask a couple of questions to set the scene here. sort of to warm up. i'd like you to be thinking about questions you'd like to ask, because as soon as i ask a couple and get it started, i'm going to turn it over to the audience. i'll come back at the end and ask one final question before we finish, then following that you will have an opportunity to meet these gentlemen upstairs and if you so desire to have them sign one of these medal of honor books. this book has the stories of more than 140 medal of honor recipients. all of
i'll ask a couple of questions and bring out some of the things in their actions in just a minute. his unit was ambushed. he was a young first lieutenant with a lot of young marines and his commanding officer and radio man was killed and he had to take charge. that characteristic is present with all of those who have received the medal of honor in terms of being able to take charge of a situation that we find incredibly hard to relate to and do something to make a difference. and to do...
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washington which backs the syrian opposition enforcing assad out admits the all plans for military action sarah marusek of from america's sorry truth university believes the us and never actually backed the peace initiative.
washington which backs the syrian opposition enforcing assad out admits the all plans for military action sarah marusek of from america's sorry truth university believes the us and never actually backed the peace initiative.
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the vietnamese soldier is quick to grasp the techniques involved in copter-borne action. to guerrilla raids on country villages and he uses his new knowledge well. even with superior equipment, however, this is a difficult war to prosecute. there are no front lines here. the war is everywhere. the war is everywhere. against an enemy that is seldom clearly seen. in these scenes of casualty evacuation, the enemy is not far away. certainly within shouting distance. the enemy is not seen, but american and vietnamese fighting men bear on their bodies the painful evidence that he is still here. still determined, still deadly. throughout this time, the combat capability of south vietnam's military forces is growing. american advisers work to bring the level of training and combat readiness of these forces as high as possible. but as north vietnam continues to send in fresh cadres, there is a growing need in south vietnam for fighting men. the losses suffered by the south in combat are cruelly heavy, for a nation whose population is no larger than that of new york state. the fact
the vietnamese soldier is quick to grasp the techniques involved in copter-borne action. to guerrilla raids on country villages and he uses his new knowledge well. even with superior equipment, however, this is a difficult war to prosecute. there are no front lines here. the war is everywhere. the war is everywhere. against an enemy that is seldom clearly seen. in these scenes of casualty evacuation, the enemy is not far away. certainly within shouting distance. the enemy is not seen, but...
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lbj thought he needed to respond. >> for years of hostile actions, today required me to take action. >> i think it was time to pull blow the hell out of north vietnam and all the restrictions we were put on was off. i said about time. >> they weren't off. air group commander walked in to the ready room, he said. >> 26-year-old lieutenant edward alvarez was stationed in the gulf of tonkin. pilots and nearby u.s. ticonderoga was to carry out the missions, his mission to fly his jet to bomb the north vietnamese naval base in the harbor. >> i think the most was on my mind, this is real. this is war. we might even make the evening news. >> oliver: he would, indeed, make the evening news. after successfully heading back to the target. his plane was hit by enemy fire. >> i've been hit. i guess my wing must have come off because i couldn't control it. >> oliver: he bailed out. after being picked up by north vietnamese fishing boat he was turned over to the enemy. he was the first pilot to be shot down over north vietnam. >> i would have to say we achieved our objective. i think we got the to
lbj thought he needed to respond. >> for years of hostile actions, today required me to take action. >> i think it was time to pull blow the hell out of north vietnam and all the restrictions we were put on was off. i said about time. >> they weren't off. air group commander walked in to the ready room, he said. >> 26-year-old lieutenant edward alvarez was stationed in the gulf of tonkin. pilots and nearby u.s. ticonderoga was to carry out the missions, his mission to...
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. >> that happened in the action? >> yeah, with russell. it didn't have to do with john. that's a shame. it will come to me afterwards. >> the guy jumped up and you said -- >> i had it. i'm just trying to get this one out. it was a fairly important thing i really wanted to get off my chest. >> was it something when he was on the gun? >> it was before i left. it was up there. it wasn't the airplane. it was something else. it wasn't the gun jamming. >> wasps? >> that was at a creek bed. that was another story. that was crazy, too, boy. i talk about unexpected things. >> let me ask you this and we need to wrap it up because we have somebody else waiting. you're there, you're there that night, you're there the next day. what are you physically like? tell me what's going on. >> exhausted. no sleep. we didn't sleep. we only got like two, three hours sleep the night before. one man on for three hours, one off. actually by the time you get to sleep and you're up at 5:00 in the morning, you only get two, three hours sleep. so we went that whole day with all that action without any
. >> that happened in the action? >> yeah, with russell. it didn't have to do with john. that's a shame. it will come to me afterwards. >> the guy jumped up and you said -- >> i had it. i'm just trying to get this one out. it was a fairly important thing i really wanted to get off my chest. >> was it something when he was on the gun? >> it was before i left. it was up there. it wasn't the airplane. it was something else. it wasn't the gun jamming. >>...
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a way that we can have sensible conversations about these issues and figure out the best course of action moving forward. teachers are in the classroom to teach. >> bill and sierra toomey -- >> we need to support them in that. >> thank you both and thank you for sharing your thoughts, and we are certainly thinking about you there in newtown. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you very much, randi. >> and we want to let you know that we did reach out to 43 senators of the incoming 113th congress who have an "a" or "a" plus rating from the nra, and not one of them agreed to join us for this conversation this morning. >>> coming up next hour, we'll continue this discussion with attorney paul callan. he'll explain what the second amendment really allows and the original intention. >>> senator john kerry is ready for a new challenge. we'll take a along at how his career has led to his next job opportunity. we actully keep track of how many times this kid picked his nose? hair pulls, stink eyes, man we see eveything. oh, it's the old man. hold on, i gotta send something out. you can have
a way that we can have sensible conversations about these issues and figure out the best course of action moving forward. teachers are in the classroom to teach. >> bill and sierra toomey -- >> we need to support them in that. >> thank you both and thank you for sharing your thoughts, and we are certainly thinking about you there in newtown. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you very much, randi. >> and we want to let you know that we did reach out to 43...
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and deception and political action. they very much link these things together. deception is always a big part of how the north vietnamese are going to mask what they're doing in south vietnam. they do a very good job of doing this. we fall for it pretty well. in december of 1960, they set up a successor called the national liberation front. and this was an effort to bring together various anti-dm groups under a communist umbrella. during the war, the north, of course, denies that these are just puppet groups or that they're being united under communism. later they say yeah, we fooled you. but both the military, again, both the military and political moves that they're making in the south, they try to make it look like a lot of this is coming from the south. and they try to make it look like that the military resistance in south vietnam, the insurgency, is something that comes just from the south. though it's not. it's something that's a wholly owned subsidiary of north vietnam. and again, they're very successful in doing this. they're so successful that for a lo
and deception and political action. they very much link these things together. deception is always a big part of how the north vietnamese are going to mask what they're doing in south vietnam. they do a very good job of doing this. we fall for it pretty well. in december of 1960, they set up a successor called the national liberation front. and this was an effort to bring together various anti-dm groups under a communist umbrella. during the war, the north, of course, denies that these are just...
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toyota will pay more than $1 billion to settle a class action lawsuit over unintended acceleration in some of its vehicles. the settlement is one of the largest of its type in automotive history. drivers sued toyota because floor mats were stuck causing the vehicle to accelerate. under the agreement toyota will install a brake override system and other special safety features on more than three million cars. >> for consumers it means that two major defects in toyota vehicles are going to get fixed. so the bad news, well, how many more defects are there? how many more recalls are there going to be? i mean, after all, toyota in the last three years has recalled over 10 million vehicles. >> if it's approved by a federal judge, toyota will make cash payments to owners who sold their cars at a reduced price due to the bad publicity. the settlement, however, does not resolve claims by people who want money for injuries or deaths linked to the sudden acceleration problem. >>> the bomb squad helped deal with an explosive situation in oakland yesterday. a man cleaning out his basement found mo
toyota will pay more than $1 billion to settle a class action lawsuit over unintended acceleration in some of its vehicles. the settlement is one of the largest of its type in automotive history. drivers sued toyota because floor mats were stuck causing the vehicle to accelerate. under the agreement toyota will install a brake override system and other special safety features on more than three million cars. >> for consumers it means that two major defects in toyota vehicles are going to...
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so when there's an action and people see it, then they recommend someone for an award. then the first thing that happens is, people have to have statements. you have to have people who have seen the action. okay? and they have to write up statements. then you have to have a commanding officer who gathers those statements and forwards them to battalion. the marine corps or -- they go to battalion. the battalion commander has a board and they look at them to make sure that the criteria for the award that's been recommended has been met. if he concurs then it goes to regiment, the division. back to washington. it depends on what level of the award as to what level can approve it. okay? division commander in marine corps can approve bronze stars. silver stars are the secretary of the navy. okay? navy cross, secretary of navy. medal of honor, the president. at each level the award package is looked at and scrutinized to make sure that the statements support the action and then they determine what level is that. and at any level it can stop. it can be downgraded. a board can
so when there's an action and people see it, then they recommend someone for an award. then the first thing that happens is, people have to have statements. you have to have people who have seen the action. okay? and they have to write up statements. then you have to have a commanding officer who gathers those statements and forwards them to battalion. the marine corps or -- they go to battalion. the battalion commander has a board and they look at them to make sure that the criteria for the...
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. >> priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> that's strong stuff, bob. >> yeah, it's really powerful for the same reason the '94 ads were powerful. it's real people talking to real people. reagan democrats, blue collar democrats talking to voters in swing states. and romney had to know this was coming for months, for years. it's a mamazing to me they seem paralyzed. i think what they'll do ultimately is put people from staples out there and say he creates jobs. the problem is bain had two businesses. one was venture capital and the other -- i don't quote him very often, what rick perry called as a rule tour capitalism. take over a company, squeeze it, load it with debt, fire people, make millions and be done with it. >> then get back on the aircraft you came in on, the conehead phrase he used. great politicians like tip o'neal, ted kennedy and even ronald reagan in an interesting way were able to connect with the guy on the line. the reagan democrats voted for him. this guy romney is at a particular disadvantage here. when you whack him as a job ki
. >> priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> that's strong stuff, bob. >> yeah, it's really powerful for the same reason the '94 ads were powerful. it's real people talking to real people. reagan democrats, blue collar democrats talking to voters in swing states. and romney had to know this was coming for months, for years. it's a mamazing to me they seem paralyzed. i think what they'll do ultimately is put people from staples out there and...
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which backs the syrian opposition and the push for regime change admits there are plans for military action sports neil clark a contributor to britain's guardian newspaper he told me western states are using the recent tragedy in houla as a pretext for a possible intervention. for the very first time we heard about this massacre.
which backs the syrian opposition and the push for regime change admits there are plans for military action sports neil clark a contributor to britain's guardian newspaper he told me western states are using the recent tragedy in houla as a pretext for a possible intervention. for the very first time we heard about this massacre.
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it's the phrase du jour to that conveys no action. it's a sad state and here we are. >> congressman cole is wrong in saying nobody wants to see middle class taxes go up. nobody wants to see themselves getting blamed. that's the real dynamic. nobody is attached to the taxes in d.c. we'll be back with our l in a bit. now trivia question. the answer, maryland junior senator ben cardin. he spent 20 terms in the house before becoming a senator. that's a good chunk of time. >>> if you have a political question for us, e-mail us. we'll be right back. don't go anywhere. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> i have appointed brian schott as the next senator from hawaii. of course senator inouye's views and wishes were considered fully. >>> quite an amazing shocker there, tracy, we thought it was going to be dana. >> well, democracy
it's the phrase du jour to that conveys no action. it's a sad state and here we are. >> congressman cole is wrong in saying nobody wants to see middle class taxes go up. nobody wants to see themselves getting blamed. that's the real dynamic. nobody is attached to the taxes in d.c. we'll be back with our l in a bit. now trivia question. the answer, maryland junior senator ben cardin. he spent 20 terms in the house before becoming a senator. that's a good chunk of time. >>> if you...
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talks of tougher action on syria without u.n. consent this comes as the rebels reportedly call on the world body's envoy kofi annan to admit his peace plan for syria has failed. in or out irish voters head to the polls in a referendum on the e.u. fiscal treaty which opponents say amounts to nothing more of them permanent a steady control by brussels while a backlash against cuts sweeps across europe the plan mean centralized brussels control of national budgets which those against it say means handing over sovereignty to the e.u. . and a video in which the father of the late former russian security agent alexander blames the boris berezovsky for his death has passed to scotland yard live and go was poisoned by radioactive polonium in two thousand and six and the self exile tycoon want to buy russia is named among the masterminds. who we had lines here on our team up next a special report on the dress to consequence of the use of chemical weapons during the war in vietnam state with. the dow chemical company in midland michigan. s
talks of tougher action on syria without u.n. consent this comes as the rebels reportedly call on the world body's envoy kofi annan to admit his peace plan for syria has failed. in or out irish voters head to the polls in a referendum on the e.u. fiscal treaty which opponents say amounts to nothing more of them permanent a steady control by brussels while a backlash against cuts sweeps across europe the plan mean centralized brussels control of national budgets which those against it say means...
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. >> bret: well, this is all about president obama's direct action. being part of the decision-making on who to kill with the armed drones overseas, going after terrorists. massive story in the "new york times" today. let's bring in the panel about this. bill kristol of "weekly standard." juan williams, columnist with the hill. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. okay, charles, you just heard the former bush administration official questioning candidate obama versus president obama. we often at this panel put things through the prism of what happens if this was during the bush administration? and this story. >> it would have been a lot different. we can understand why obama is doing this. why they clearly leaked this to the press. they want obama to look tough, hawkish. part of that is what is happening around the world. look at massacres in syria, he is standing by. look at negotiation with iran over the nukes. there is a collapse in baghdad. look at the way that the russians are treating the united states. putin dissing obamaly by not showing
. >> bret: well, this is all about president obama's direct action. being part of the decision-making on who to kill with the armed drones overseas, going after terrorists. massive story in the "new york times" today. let's bring in the panel about this. bill kristol of "weekly standard." juan williams, columnist with the hill. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. okay, charles, you just heard the former bush administration official questioning candidate obama...
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so in a very real sense you can trace the downfall of richard nixon to the actions he did or did not take in the wake of the pentagon papers and because of the importance of those issues, the pentagon papers move as an american political document, not an examination of the prosecution of the vietnam war. >> john may have mentioned this. nixon's concern wasn't about the papers. it was the emotional response he had to it was it would undermine his effort. >> that was alexander hayes argument. >> which nixon accepted? >> yes, nixon on this june 17th meeting that i've quoted you here, nixon adopts all three of the same that he tells him on the telephone the day the pentagon papers leak. >> what about nixon's anti-dissent policy because no one and i think he reacted so sfrongly because he was speaking out and sort of disrupting the way he would like to pursue things. >> i absolutely agree. >> most of the discussion about vietnam is focused on the roles of kissinger and mr. nixon. perhaps less well known are the devil tapes and have any of you looked at the papers? are there surprises in t
so in a very real sense you can trace the downfall of richard nixon to the actions he did or did not take in the wake of the pentagon papers and because of the importance of those issues, the pentagon papers move as an american political document, not an examination of the prosecution of the vietnam war. >> john may have mentioned this. nixon's concern wasn't about the papers. it was the emotional response he had to it was it would undermine his effort. >> that was alexander hayes...
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they have to start their own motors each morning and assign themselves to where the action is. but often the upwardly mobile stringer is spoiled by success. you always know when a hungry stringer starts making money. they turn up at the better bars in newly tailored correspondents suits from ming the taylor and they start taking r andrs like the regular staffers development they buy new cameras and tape recorders and camcorders without taking the time to learn how they work. i have a sad example. after an r and r in hong kong, i went back to vietnam with a new $1,000 lico flex to replace my old nikon and a new fangled bolex 16 millimeter camera with a beautiful zoom lens and a new gizmo that leds you fade in and fade out. it seemed like a good idea at the time. wandering around the central highlands with my knew gear, i found myself one night at an airstrip with a medi vac chopper was waiting for a break in the action on the cambodian border. it was the first time a battalion was holding its ground and continuing to an attack a mechanized battalion riding in to bail them out. w
they have to start their own motors each morning and assign themselves to where the action is. but often the upwardly mobile stringer is spoiled by success. you always know when a hungry stringer starts making money. they turn up at the better bars in newly tailored correspondents suits from ming the taylor and they start taking r andrs like the regular staffers development they buy new cameras and tape recorders and camcorders without taking the time to learn how they work. i have a sad...
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we're encouraging people toook atour 24 calls to action. all of the things are important to veterans and they help foster understanding which helps bridge the military divide. ♪ >> this is robert, he is off the coast of poland, wind surfing these awesome waves. they come across his board, it looks like he's going to crash, but up and over. >> in wind surfing, you don't necessarily stay on the water too. >> yeah, hee is using the waves like a little jump to get in the air. the sail is like a wing. >> had. >> tom: is like a trick. >> i wish somebody was on shore with another video so you could see exactly what he's doing, but you can't see his stunts as well. >> i had no idea, i county know you could surf anything in the baltic. >> you could is your honor anything with waves. >> tomorrow on "right this minute." there is trouble in the streets, but look who comes to save the day. next time on right this minute. that card she reading has a special message. >> watch her wheels turn. see what happens when she [ male announcer ] one taste of the
we're encouraging people toook atour 24 calls to action. all of the things are important to veterans and they help foster understanding which helps bridge the military divide. ♪ >> this is robert, he is off the coast of poland, wind surfing these awesome waves. they come across his board, it looks like he's going to crash, but up and over. >> in wind surfing, you don't necessarily stay on the water too. >> yeah, hee is using the waves like a little jump to get in the air....
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victoria keith is there, too, filming the action. and she can't believe what she's witnessing. >> he's not moving at all. we couldn't tell whether he was alive or dead. >> get help, get help! >> tiny is moving fast, barking commands. but how will he get the ton of metal off the pilot? it will take more than instincts or heroism to save his friend's life. >> i know that when people are under stress, you can summon up some kind of strength that might not be available to you ordinarily. and i think that's what was going on with tiny. >> but tiny is also fueled by something else, a strong bond the pilot, stechling from an experience most people couldn't or wouldn't understand unless they were there. >> myself and steve cox were wounded in vietnam. >> tiny says he considers anyone he served with a brother. steve was a chopper pilot and tiny the captain of a small heavily armed riverboat. >> they did a lot of cover for us. we were taking heavy weapons fire. we were under attack. they used to fly over, give us cover. >> the two served at th
victoria keith is there, too, filming the action. and she can't believe what she's witnessing. >> he's not moving at all. we couldn't tell whether he was alive or dead. >> get help, get help! >> tiny is moving fast, barking commands. but how will he get the ton of metal off the pilot? it will take more than instincts or heroism to save his friend's life. >> i know that when people are under stress, you can summon up some kind of strength that might not be available to...
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commencement in june and written by daniel moynihan the speech that basically calls for the affirmative action in terms of social policy, not in terms of the university admissions but they have special means and social policies to call the white house conference in the fall this changes that. everything gets reinterpreted. johnson wasn't and the black people are not pure at the odds of white and white or not you're in the eyes even of the leadership of the black community, and of course then you get the lines in leadership and of course malcolm x died in february, but they don't really seem to get traction on tell what? he makes everybody rethink everything. it makes some people think there's a black revolution that is going to overthrow the united states government. so he gets people thinking. so in my mind, there is a way in which i could say 65 is important and there is a lot going on as the great society that is important. there is a vietnam war that's important, but the destruction really starts in two places. watts and then the other place that we haven't mentioned yet, the students for
commencement in june and written by daniel moynihan the speech that basically calls for the affirmative action in terms of social policy, not in terms of the university admissions but they have special means and social policies to call the white house conference in the fall this changes that. everything gets reinterpreted. johnson wasn't and the black people are not pure at the odds of white and white or not you're in the eyes even of the leadership of the black community, and of course then...
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. >> we don't want to miss any of the action. >> everything looks better in slow motion, gayle. >> they're bikinis are like brazil, not hawaii. >> do you surf in a thong? >> four videos to go on the countdown. at number four, one crazy angry cat. >>> this happened off the coast of north earn australia where some guys went marlin fishing. this comes to us from grind tv for yahoo sports. this guy is sitting in the chair, reeling this thing in, and you see the marlin to the left. the watt sere the least of their worries, see how big that thing is? and it's fighting them. watch -- >> jumped right up on there. i thought at first it hurt the guy with the white t-shirt on. he wasn't hurt, but watch from this angle -- whoa. the guy had the tag pole, and also the camera. this is the camera sticking over the boat. you see it fall to the ground when the marlin was halfway on the boat. they escaped with minor injuries. look at the guy in the gray shirt. >> what was that, like a folding chair? >> that was part of the stairs they use to get on the boat. >> how big was this puppy? it was 600 pounds. >> d
. >> we don't want to miss any of the action. >> everything looks better in slow motion, gayle. >> they're bikinis are like brazil, not hawaii. >> do you surf in a thong? >> four videos to go on the countdown. at number four, one crazy angry cat. >>> this happened off the coast of north earn australia where some guys went marlin fishing. this comes to us from grind tv for yahoo sports. this guy is sitting in the chair, reeling this thing in, and you see...
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in the end they have to take some action. this was basically to set what level of defense spending they thought should occur for 2013. they could specify down to the dollar. they had to fill it in. cuts kept at how many the same level or increase. of republicans and 90 server of democrat cut. they cut it 127 billion. republicans cut 83 billion. democrats, $155 billion. we also discussed the area of afghanistan. they got an explanation for what was going on. they got one pro and one con arguments. . here the day took quite a lot, a $35 billion or 40%. this was with democrats cutting more. then we wanted to go what if they really have to think they're all of the things that they do. what if they really had to break it down and make their own budget? we carry the framework we thought was one that people could relate to comment air power divided into new capabilities. special operations, forces, a missile defense. for each of these areas they were introduced and got an explanation for what they were like and what it involved and
in the end they have to take some action. this was basically to set what level of defense spending they thought should occur for 2013. they could specify down to the dollar. they had to fill it in. cuts kept at how many the same level or increase. of republicans and 90 server of democrat cut. they cut it 127 billion. republicans cut 83 billion. democrats, $155 billion. we also discussed the area of afghanistan. they got an explanation for what was going on. they got one pro and one con...
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in the 70's ksw was involved in the actions going to the actions and when they were being evicted from the hotel they were protesting and it was that kind of action. it's evolved a lot from that from the 70's but there's all the artists we worked with all have a very specific political viewpoint. i think that -- a space for artists to express those views creatively and invite community dialogue. >> in 91 mark ezu launched the asian american jazz festival, ksw sponsored the event. >> the asian american jazz festival continued ksw's mission poets found their voices. ksw recognized a new generation of asian americans. the next initiative was laurened in 1998 to promote emerging artists under 35. that year they took a chance to see if san francisco was ready for a new asian american art's festival. >> hundreds of people came more than expected. there was a community need for the space for emerging artists and audiences to see it. one of the good thing about ksw because we work with emerging artists a lot of people don't think of themselves as artists until they become involved with ksw. wh
in the 70's ksw was involved in the actions going to the actions and when they were being evicted from the hotel they were protesting and it was that kind of action. it's evolved a lot from that from the 70's but there's all the artists we worked with all have a very specific political viewpoint. i think that -- a space for artists to express those views creatively and invite community dialogue. >> in 91 mark ezu launched the asian american jazz festival, ksw sponsored the event. >>...
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first time i met him when he was talking going through the hard times michelle is out of action and so. he has a lot of problems and he has problems with different mines. around throw back there and they give you a choice the judge told me i had two choices are is pay and two years of fair go to mildred's i took a military. order to kill for a live. self if they do that's among a lot about. that one part of my life just days when power. couple i tried talking about that i might do something stupid. now it came back from vietnam and never beginning because people would criticize you for. i didn't write that because they want to live there you know dealing with a country asking you to lend their choice. you nightgowns you that despite your words i'm going to end the. role of you know precisely so good when you come there so you. can answer that it's just. each change much each one is by. now he is very very violent person he didn't get close. you. don't have to show up will. give even a thing or any body else do away with mel mr smith talk of the great not the only. way to handle militar
first time i met him when he was talking going through the hard times michelle is out of action and so. he has a lot of problems and he has problems with different mines. around throw back there and they give you a choice the judge told me i had two choices are is pay and two years of fair go to mildred's i took a military. order to kill for a live. self if they do that's among a lot about. that one part of my life just days when power. couple i tried talking about that i might do something...
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the action for which they received the medal of honor, it is like chaos. they're under attack, their lives are on the line, things going off all around. some people are wounded. there may even be someone killed in that action that they're concerned about or trying to bring to safety, and there's a lot of things going on that you say how do you cope with all that. and what's going through your mind. i would like to start by just asking if they can recall back to the time when this action was going on for which they received the medal of honor, what was going through your mind and what were you thinking about in terms of how you're going to deal with this. how are you going to deal with this and make some sort of difference. i'll start with bob maxwell. he has a unique story. bob? >> actually, i wasn't thinking. imagine three seconds, what can you do in three seconds. the enemy hurled a grenade at you. has six or seven seconds to go off from the time it leaves their hand. as a sales through the air, it is eating up two to three seconds and lands somewhere in
the action for which they received the medal of honor, it is like chaos. they're under attack, their lives are on the line, things going off all around. some people are wounded. there may even be someone killed in that action that they're concerned about or trying to bring to safety, and there's a lot of things going on that you say how do you cope with all that. and what's going through your mind. i would like to start by just asking if they can recall back to the time when this action was...
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both sides then defend their actions and relate those actions as merely a response to the others' actions as well. that's this adversarial stance. now, within -- as craig mentioned, just sort of general patterns here that are sort of emerging as we begin to really look at these interview, i'll offer just three narratives, if you will, that have emerge friday the interviews so far. one we might call a radical perspective which sees the deaths as murder or at least unwarranted action by the guard. craig has mentioned some of that already. or they came from a direct order to fire. the strubbe tape has fed into this perspective of late. another narration perspective would be maybe a conservative one in which the deaths came mainly from radicals who escalated events through illegal and violent protests. and then there's a third narrative which i've come to call our tragic or accidental narrative in which the dead and wounded were largely victims of circumstance, accidental. in all of these, but perhaps in the radical and say conservative one, we can see that there is an effort to defend the po
both sides then defend their actions and relate those actions as merely a response to the others' actions as well. that's this adversarial stance. now, within -- as craig mentioned, just sort of general patterns here that are sort of emerging as we begin to really look at these interview, i'll offer just three narratives, if you will, that have emerge friday the interviews so far. one we might call a radical perspective which sees the deaths as murder or at least unwarranted action by the...
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the treasury department said on monday they need to begin taking action to keep us from breaking through the debt ceiling. they can buy us two months with the tricks they have up their sleeve. if we waste that time, we get to the debt ceiling and we haven't climbed back up the fiscal cliff and the republicans begin playing games with the debt ceiling, that would be fiscal suicide. we breakthrough the debt ceiling, we're talking depression. not a quick recession. it would be the single stupidest and most damaging act of sabotage in american history. and it cannot be allowed to happen. and here, hopefully to tell me why it will not happen is alice, who probably knows more about the budget and the budget deals than probably anybody else alive. she's appointed to president obama's national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. and she's currently a senior fellow at the brookings institution. thank you for being here tonight. >> happy to be here. >> you know much more about this than i do. you heard the intro, is there anything you want to add or correct anyway you see the fiscal cl
the treasury department said on monday they need to begin taking action to keep us from breaking through the debt ceiling. they can buy us two months with the tricks they have up their sleeve. if we waste that time, we get to the debt ceiling and we haven't climbed back up the fiscal cliff and the republicans begin playing games with the debt ceiling, that would be fiscal suicide. we breakthrough the debt ceiling, we're talking depression. not a quick recession. it would be the single stupidest...
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lbj thought he needed to respond. >> for years of hostile actions, today required me to take action. >> i think it was time to pull blow the hell out of north vietnam and all the restrictions we were put on was off. i said about time. >> they weren't off. air group commander walked in to the ready room, he said. >> 26-year-old lieutenant edward alvarez was stationed in the gulf of tonkin. pilots and nearby u.s. ticonderoga was to carry out the missions, his mission to fly his jet to bomb the north vietnamese naval base in the harbor. >> i think the most was on my mind, this is real. this is war. we might even make the evening news. >> oliver: he would, indeed, make the evening news. after successfully heading back to the target. his plane was hit by enemy fire. >> i've been hit. i guess my wing must have come off because i couldn't control it. >> oliver: he bailed out. after being picked up by north vietnamese fishing boat he was turned over to the enemy. he was the first pilot to be shot down over north vietnam. >> i would have to say we achieved our objective. i think we got the to
lbj thought he needed to respond. >> for years of hostile actions, today required me to take action. >> i think it was time to pull blow the hell out of north vietnam and all the restrictions we were put on was off. i said about time. >> they weren't off. air group commander walked in to the ready room, he said. >> 26-year-old lieutenant edward alvarez was stationed in the gulf of tonkin. pilots and nearby u.s. ticonderoga was to carry out the missions, his mission to...
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troops in vietnam with combat action continuing at a high tempo, particularly in 1969. nixon rejected the option of a quick withdrawal in favor of a strategy that had several elements in pursuit of his overall goal of peace with honor, basically negotiated a settlement with north vietnam. sooner than nixon anticipated, his strategy involved him in new responses, as north vietnam continued to exert significant pressure, especially using its sanctuaries in cambodia, nonetheless a neutral company. the reaction of the anti-war movement in the public was generally always a concern. so when nixon decided to bomb cambodia early in 1969, his first year in office, let's keep in mind, he determined it would have to be conducted in secret. something that was difficult to do with a major military operation. when news of the operation leaked, nixon was upset and ordered hoover to wiretap the phones of administration aides and journalists. major protests were scheduled for fall 1969. at roughly the same moment, he was considering duck hook, a major strike to force north vietnam to se
troops in vietnam with combat action continuing at a high tempo, particularly in 1969. nixon rejected the option of a quick withdrawal in favor of a strategy that had several elements in pursuit of his overall goal of peace with honor, basically negotiated a settlement with north vietnam. sooner than nixon anticipated, his strategy involved him in new responses, as north vietnam continued to exert significant pressure, especially using its sanctuaries in cambodia, nonetheless a neutral company....
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they are reform willing state run enterprises regarding actions. whether we see vietnam trade in taking big stride forward, and peaceful corporation with neighbors is something we need to watch. >>> nhk's senior commentator on asian affairs. >>> now let's take a look the a the market figures. >>> the high court will old a retrial for man who had been serving a life sentence. he is in prison for 1997 murder before the discovery new evidence one for his release under june. the new trial of mainali was confirmed after prosecutors said on thursday they will not file a special appeal against it. prosecutors had already launched one pale against the new hearing but the tokyo high court on tuesday rejected their claims. the retrial can be held without the presence of mainali, who is now in nepal. he is likely to be acquitted. japan death row or life convicts have had nonguilty verdicts. they admit they have no reason for a special appeal but continue to argue that mainali is guilty. a japanese woman was found robbed and strangled in a tokyo apartment but
they are reform willing state run enterprises regarding actions. whether we see vietnam trade in taking big stride forward, and peaceful corporation with neighbors is something we need to watch. >>> nhk's senior commentator on asian affairs. >>> now let's take a look the a the market figures. >>> the high court will old a retrial for man who had been serving a life sentence. he is in prison for 1997 murder before the discovery new evidence one for his release under...
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and that it puts a pressure on the security council where russia is resisting for in minute military action on sunday present a sudden sister his sheaves had nothing to do with the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the city he blamed armed a rebel gangs for the attack and outside forces for instigating the conflict to trigger intervention washington which backs the syrian opposition and forcing assad out admits all plans for military action sarah marusek from america has thirty q.'s university believes that the us and never truly backed the police in the.
and that it puts a pressure on the security council where russia is resisting for in minute military action on sunday present a sudden sister his sheaves had nothing to do with the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the city he blamed armed a rebel gangs for the attack and outside forces for instigating the conflict to trigger intervention washington which backs the syrian opposition and forcing assad out admits all plans for military action sarah marusek from america has thirty q.'s...